ANOTHER BULLSHIT NIGHT IN SUCK CITY (UK QUOTES) April 2005 ‘Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is a remarkable memoir: uneasy, evocative, sometimes funny.’ Spectator ‘This remarkable memoir is far more than a portrait of a grimly fascinating man. It is about our response to those who demand so much from us that they could take us down with them.’ Lavinia Greenlaw, Financial Times ‘Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is one of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the aftermath of family disintegration and homelessness … Flynn’s book is by turns inventive, funny, poignant and poetic. It documents with skin-crawling accuracy the devastation of a family ripped asunder by alcohol. His portrayal of a dysfunctional parent/child relationship that is at once fragile and empty, the horror as he recognises some of the patterns of his father’s behaviour in his own, is the thrill of the book.’ The Big Issue in Scotland ‘Lyrical and impressionistic … Flynn's writing is often exceptional, as when he foreshadows his mother's suicide by writing: "There had always been books around our house - my mother and brother were voracious, compulsive readers. Henry Miller's Sexus was hidden in my mother's lingerie drawer, alongside her gun and painkillers." She utilised both to escape when Nick was 22 … Flynn is adept at capturing the hierarchy of the down-and-out, the way homelessness smells, the way it degrades. He evocatively describes a man sleeping on a heating grate as "steaming like a dumpling".’ Scotland on Sunday ‘Flynn has a flair for striking images.’ Sunday Times ‘Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is a formidably graceful book.’ New Statesman ‘The added strength of the book is that beside the story, the telling is poetic, thoughtful and honest. Nick Flynn is a published poet. And it shows. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is a great read.’ A. John Bird, The Big Issue

‘Another Bullshit Night is among the best contemporary memoirs I’ve read, though it reads like a novel … It’s an unsentimental, eloquent study in disillusionment, and a cleverly structured story about a father and son living parallel lives with a supporting cast of colourful crazies, told in bursts of blazing prose … Nick has succeeded in transforming a wasted life into impressive literature.’ Independent on Sunday ‘Nick’s book is certainly one of the most engaging reads of 2005. And without relapsing into whimsy, or dispensing vicarious gutter dispatches, Flynn has managed to narrate a story of modern urban life with all of its joys and inadequacies’ Dazed and Confused ‘Taking for a title his father’s description of living rough, he’s written a brilliant, blistering book, driven by emotional honesty and raw compassion.’ Daily Mail ‘A tender tale of a deeply troubled upbringing. The story of an absent dad and tormented mum would make even the most hard-hearted of us gently weep … a powerful, unsettling account of squandered opportunities and redemption, quietly angry, darkly funny and moving.’ The List ‘An unsentimental study of homelessness, as sketch of the city of Boston and an often amusing portrait of a family in pieces, shot with surprising instance of respectability.’ The Herald ‘Powerful memoir telling how Flynn stumbled upon his mystery father while working for a homeless shelter in Boston.’ Time Out ‘Remarkably moving memoir of survival and reconciliation against the odds … one of the most talked about and eagerly anticipated literary debuts.’ Publishing News